492 On the Culture of the Calceolaria. 



time for. The expense attending the mere removal was very 



little, viz : — 



3 men 3 days' work $4 50 



Team 1 day $3 00 



%7 50 

 This, the second year, the trees have made fine growth, be- 

 sides bearing a crop of very large and handsome apples ; a 

 specimen of which I will perhaps send to you. 



If these lines will induce any one to refrain from cutting 

 down a valuable tree, which happens to stand in an inconve- 

 nient position, because it is larger than the trees usually pro- 

 cured at the nurseries, it will be worth while to have written 

 them. There is no difficulty, in my view, in removing any 

 tree, however large, with suitable care. The investment will 

 be likely to pay well; the first return from my trees, was of 

 more than a bushel of handsome Greenings ; with the proba- 

 bility that the projits will greatly increase in coming years. 

 It is a good thing to see our neighbors, with ourselves, plant- 

 ing young trees in situations where they are wanted in coming 

 years, whether this generation may "eat the fruits thereof," 

 or not. But my experience inclines me to say, whenever I 

 see an old, thrifty tree likely to be destroyed for its room's 

 sake, " Woodman, spare that tree." 



P. S. I greatly prefer, you know, this season of the year, 

 November, for setting out trees in any soil, which is not much 

 thrown by the frost ; especially, as it saves much time in 

 spring, when labor is abundant, and laborers scarce, and trans- 

 fers a portion of the overplus of garden- work to a season when 

 there is, comparatively speaking, nothing to be done. 



Kingston, October, 1848. 



Art. IV. On the Culture of the Calceolaria. By James Ken- 

 nedy, Gardener to S. T. Jones, Esq., Staten Island. 



It has been a matter of surprise to me, that^ amidst the rage 

 for improvement, manifested by all classes of society, and 

 certainly not least among horticulturists, more interest is 



